Ch103 - Before Dawn

Translator: transcendentwings

The news broadcast and the missing persons notice were played several times in a loop. The former was always the recording and even if the content was repeated, the professional broadcasting tone could still bring great comfort; The latter was replaced by Lin Dilei upon the third iteration, probably because the Wusheng class felt that if Song Fei continued to holler, the credibility of the previous news broadcast would be damaged.

Lin Dilei was a professional and her voice was round, smooth, transparent, and pleasant. When she was making the announcements, she was a hundred times gentler than in private, which was absolutely refreshing to the heart like a clean spring breeze—

“Attention, little friend Fu Xiyuan, attention please, little friend Ma Weisen, attention please,yourcomrades are anxiously looking for you. If you hear this broadcast, please head to the broadcasting studio on the third floor of the academic affairs building as soon as possible. . .”

The two originally assumed that switching out to Lin Dilei would be more soothing, yet the more they listened, the more they felt a sense of shame that they were underage brats that got lost at a crowded train station by themselves. With difficulty, they finally reached the point where the world ultimately quieted down to be able to exchange a speechless look with each other.

Ma: “Little friend Fu Xiyuan. . .”

Fu: “Little friend Ma Weisen. . .”

Fu-Ma: “How about we walk hand in hand?”

“Just now, the two that were called out on the campus radio. . . were the two of you?” The uncertain and expectant voice of the female classmate came from upstairs.

Such an announcement, appearing at this moment, is almost as powerful as an atomic bomb, making the female classmate inexplicably emotional for the first time to be so close to the vortex of breaking news.

The two male classmates couldn’t keep up with the momentum of the female population and Ma Weisen blurted out directly without thinking: “You’re. . . not jumping?”

Fu Xiyuan was about to cover the other’s mouth when he heard the girl above naturally brush it off: “Let’s talk about that later, tell me about you firstbei. Who are you guysah? Where did you guys escape fromah? How can I listen to the news when my cell has no signal? The person I met before told me that they weren’t able to tune in to any stations on the radioah!”

Fu Xiyuan: “. . . “

Ma Weisen: “. . .”

Who was the one who declared that men conquered the world while women controlled men? With this emotional toughness and psychological quality, the other doesn’t even need to go through so much trouble and could just dominate the world directly!!!

Fu Xiyuan and Ma Weisen who were shivering in the frigid winds while huddling together didn’t know that this female classmate who became a fangirl in a second was just a microcosm in the “post-radio era” of this campus.

Countless students trapped in a closed environment were slowly recovering in the aftermath of such an unrealistic and sudden broadcast, also gradually recouping were their hearts and wills to continue surviving.

Since Ma Weisen had just transferred into the class, the task of lauding the great achievements of the Wusheng class fell to Fu Xiyuan to complete.

The female student went from being mired in disbelief to becoming moved until her blood boiled, and her heart palpitated as if she were also amongst them in real time. When Fu Xiyuan wrapped it up, she couldn’t come back to her senses for a long time and even after a long time, all she could comment was that your class is truly good.

Fu Xiyuan invited her to join the crew, but after a long deliberation, she still refused. The reasons given were very practical. First, not everyone is qualified to become a transfer student. She was well aware of her own strengths and weaknesses and didn’t want to be a burden to the group before she had the opportunity to integrate into their squad; Second, she could hold on for quite some time with the food she saved on hand and was confident that she could last until rescue arrived.

Of course, ultimately, she still confirmed with Fu Xiyuan repeatedly that the zombies shouldn’t be able to sneak in and pick the lockba?

Fu Xiyuan pondered for a while and suggested that she should pile some tables and chairs in front of the door and draw up a plan to be able to relocate if worse comes to worst.

Although the female student didn’t agree to leave with them, it could be detected that the fragility in her voice had gradually disappeared to the point in which Fu Xiyuan and Ma Weisen were more or less able to settle their hearts.

Just as they were about to start their journey to the academic affairs building, they heard a sudden roar from above: “Thank you—”

The two looked up and saw that the girl was lying on the windowsill trying her best to wave at them.

Fu Xiyuan smiled and cheerily yelled back: “We didn’t do anything at allah!”

Ma Weisen agreed: “That’s right, we persuaded for so long and weren’t even able to pull a hand back—”

Fu Xiyuan frowned.

The girl was amused, giggling delicately like a breeze blowing through a wind chime.

“You must pay attention to safety—”

“Yes, sir!”

In the moonlight, the girl’s smiling eyes were full of long-lost obstinance.

—Not a moment earlier, nor a step later, just when she was standing by the window edge, the heavens sent two noisy angels. What reason did she have to not try and live on?

Papa!

Fu Xiyuan lay on the edge of the sunroom and slapped the glass wall above the glass door.

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The zombies obviously thought so too, swaying with the rhythm as they rushed over. Those who could squeeze out of the door shimmied out and those who couldn’t muscle their way out were flattened against the sheet of glass Fu Xiyuan just smacked, and those beyond the door directly charged to the area right below Fu Xiyuan. Their momentum was so great, their agitation so stirred up that the sunroom glass wall that was being struck crackled with apapa.

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Fu Xiyuan followed closely behind, his movements executed at the speed of light, everything happened in a flash!

By the time the zombies realized why they were gone, the two had already sprinted more than ten meters out!

The zombies realized after a beat and howled towards the living creatures moving at a high speed!

The two had no time to look behind them and just ran forward with all their strength. The sunroom was only a few minutes away from the academic affairs building. If one were to really charge forth desperately, then it would only take a few minutes, but they must accomplish it in one breath for there to be any hope for survival. . .

F*ck!

What you fear will come will arrive without a doubt. There was a group of zombies before them who heard the summons and were waiting for them to throw themselves headfirst into their arms at the end of the road!

“This way—”

Fu Xiyuan shouted and immediately altered the direction his feet faced. If the little trodden paths were no good then they could only return to Xuezi avenue!

Unexpectedly, Ma Weisen immediately yelled back: “No, this way—”

After he threw that out, he ran in the opposite direction without a care!

Heading in the opposite direction of Xuezi avenue was just the motherf*cking outer school wall, a dead end!

Fu Xiyuan didn’t know which nerve was connected incorrectly in Ma Weisen’s head, but at this time, could it even be possible for them to sit down and discuss life and reason!

They shouldn’t split up and go separate ways, but they also couldn’t just adopt a laissez-faire attitude. In a flash, Fu Xiyuan only hesitated for a moment when there was a “tututu” engine sound coming from the other end!

Fu Xiyuan was stunned. Realizing that the zombies behind him were already closing the distance and immediately followed Ma Weisen’s route, jumped onto the flowerbed and strode over the low shrubs!

He made a beeline for the wall in one breath and saw that among the pile of crooked motorcycles, Ma Weisen straddled a gorgeous bright yellow heavy motorcycle and was currently breaking out, he was even wearing the f*cking helmet already!

“Get on—” Through the helmet, Ma-tongxue’s voice was somewhat muffled.

Fu Xiyuan wanted to get on as well, but: “How do I get on if there’s only one seat!”

“Can’t you squeeze on!”

“Squeeze on,your sisterahhh—”

Half a second later.

Fu Xiyuan was firmly stuck in the narrow slot between Ma Weisen and the rear bulge of the motorcycle, with his hands looped around the driver’s waist, pressed up against the other as tight as could be.

“Hold on tight—”

Ma Weisen twisted the handlebars, and the motorcycle and people sped out!

Amid the roar of the engine, the dashing young men were happily chatting—

“You are so d*mned amazing, how did you know there was a motorcycle there?”

“Motorcycles are not allowed in the school dormitory. If they are parked in the open, they will always be moved to a remote place by the security guards. Later, everyone simply just found a quiet place—”

“You can drive away as soon as you mount it, are you a professional car thiefah?!”

“Why would I need to steal my own bike!!!”

“Yours?!”

“Nonsense! It has always been parked hereah, didn’t I mention it before—”

“Don’t you ride a bicycle?”

“Who gave you this wrong impressionahhhh—”

“. . .”

Speeding like lightning, theWilsonmotorcycle.

This was the second time that Fu Xiyuan rode a motorcycle in his life. The first time was a black motorcycle. After riding it, he swore that he would never ride another hunk of metal wrapped in a skin again. And now with his face pressed against Ma Weisen’s back, he missed that honest motorcyclist most deeply in his heart. . .

“Can’t you prepare a f*cking helmet for me too!!!”

With the prop bought by RMB, they were invincible. The two of them zoomed to the base of the academic affairs building in one shot!

Qiao Siqi and Zhou Yilu, who had rich experience in lying on a windowsill to await rescue in the Luban building, were entrusted with this important task. At the beginning of the announcements, they kept watch at that spot,eyes observing the six planal directions, and their ears listening to the eight cardinal directions.

Even so, they didn’t expect Fu Xiyuan and Ma Weisen to arrive so swiftly, they even came with a puff ofgreen smoke!

“Come up quickly—”

Qiao Siqi waved his arm vigorously, and Zhou Yilu quickly threw the rope that had been tied downstairs!

All the companions in the broadcasting room came to the window, waiting with great anticipation!

With a sharp squeal of tires braking as they rubbed against the ground, Ma Weisen pulled the motorcycle into a hard stop in a shaky manner. Fu Xiyuan scrambled down, just like a traveler in the desert, lunging towards the lifesaving rope. Without taking a breath, he climbed to the third floor with azenzenzen, his speed so fast that everyone watched on in amazement!

The comrades-in-arms hurriedly reached out to haul the returning companion, but Fu Xiyuan ignored them all and directly shoved the group of comrades aside, dashed to a corner of the room, and vomited until he was dizzy from it.

The comrades-in-arms were all slightly disgusted, but they were more distressed. Heavens knew how much their little comrade had suffered when he was stranded outside!

After Fu Xiyuan finished spilling his guts everywhere, Ma Weisen also reached the top. As soon as he entered the room, he glomped onto Song Fei and cried. Halfway through his sobbing act, he picked up on a peculiarity. He sniffed hard with his nose, frowned and questioned in confusion: “What’s that smell?”

Fu Xiyuan rinsed his mouth, feeling a little guilty. He hurriedly snatched up a stack of used broadcast manuscripts that had been printed out from the table next to him and covered the mess of vomitus before he turned around to return to huddle amongst his companions.

“Are you okay?” Huang Mo asked with concern.

“I’m fine.” Fu Xiyuan shook his head, but his face was still a little pale.

Seeing Fu Xiyuan like this, Song Fei had to know, he asked: “Where did you guys go and what did you experience?”

It would’ve been better if he didn’t ask. Once he did, Ma Weisen became stirred up again and gripped his comrade’s hand in a punishing hold: “It’s a long story, it’s was truly an arduous journey like that ofscaling sword mountains, plunging into seas of flame, charging through arrow rain and making it through needle forests. . .”

“There was nothing we were cheated more by than your scam of a motorcycle!!!” Fu Xiyuan straightened up in shock from his debilitating condition and exposed the scheming Ma.

Seeing that their two companions could still start a fight with each other, the comrades could finally feel relieved.

It was almost four o’clock in the morning. Unless they wanted to wait another day, they had to race against time. Once it was daylight, the light wouldn’t have much of an impact on the underground garage, but the corridors and the first floor hall of the entire academic lecture building would be flooded with light. By then, it was feared that they wouldn’t reach the underground parking lot and that even their corpses wouldn’t be left behind.

“We entered the second floor from the awning and then broke into the third level. It could be stated that there are an especially dense population of zombies in this building, an impossible endeavor to force our way out,” Qi Yan displayed the cross-section blueprint of the lecture building drawn by Zhou Yilu, which was for the sake of bringing the two comrades who returned to the team later up to speed as well as for the rest of the class to initiate a mutual debate, “There are only four elevators and two staircases leading to the underground parking lot. The elevators are positioned two and two together, and the stairs are split on either side, all of which are divided into east and west. What I am considering now is the method of luring the enemy then taking the stairs, what do you guys think?”

After entering the room, they started the broadcast and not long after the broadcast, the comrades who had fallen behind returned to the squad. The Wusheng class actually didn’t have time to plan. Only at this moment, would it count as truly discussing the tactical details of their plan.

“I agree.” Since half of the explanation was for him to catch up, Fu Xiyuan took the lead in expressing his stance.

Ma Weisen had a gloomy look on his face and was fretting about the difficult road ahead. It was obvious that he couldn’t make up his mind to have to risk his life and charge downwards in such a short time.

Although they hadn’t interacted with each other for a longer period of time, the companions were already very aware of his hesitant character which was completely inconsistent with his strength, so they just skipped over him and continued to express their own opinions—

Feng Qibai: “I have no objection to taking the stairs, but even if we lead the zombies at the stairs away, what if we can’t lure them allne, what if there are zombies blocking the way when we are rushing down and then the zombies that were pulled away swarm back, then we’ll be facing a frontal assault and a flanking attack, then what should we do?”

Qiao Siqi: “That’s rightah, my car is parked atB2.”

Luo Geng: “So what’s the reason why you couldn’t have parked inB1!”

Qiao Siqi: “That’s because the professors don’t allow us undergrads park thereah—”

Kuang Ye: “Ai, why can’t we take the elevator?”

He Zhiwen: “. . .”

Song Fei: “. . .”

Qi Yan: “. . .”

Zhao He: “Because some people will recall the fear of being in a claustrophobic space and the fear of running back and forth to provide support.”

Song Fei: “Youyowled for several hours, aren’t you afraid?”

Zhao He: “There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart.”

Song Fei: “. . .”

Wu Zhou: “LaoZhao, when did you suddenly become so cultured, it’s hard for others to get used to. . .”

He Zhiwen: “In fact, if you think about it carefully, the elevator may not be impossible. We can loop from the outside and climb into a safe room on the first floor that is close to the elevator, then sneak out quietly and take it. After all, it’s only two floors, if we were to be trapped in it for a second time, I think we don’t even need to bother breaking out anymore for we are destined to be unlucky.”

Li Jingyu: “Fine, even if we took the elevator downstairs, if the zombies are blocking the elevator doors, wouldn’t we be dropping straight into a trap?”

He Zhiwen: “The zombies in the garage don’t know that we are taking the elevator, how could they be so clever and calculate it?”

Lin Dilei: “Even if all of the above are successful and we’ve reached theB2level, how do we make our way to Qiao Siqi’s parking space, have you guys thought about it?”

Wang Qingyuan: “John, where is your car parked?”

Qiao Siqi: “We’d have to walk a little further after going down the elevators on either side, area A number 118.”

Wang Qingyuan: “. . .”

Ma Weisen: “What coordinates are you guys asking aboutah, the flashy big red jeep of his could be seen from miles away.”

Qiao Siqi: “It’s much better looking than your sh*tty, yellow two wheeler.”

Ma Weisen: “That’s calledimperial!”

Qiao Siqi: “Mine is a rich red!”

The fourteen companions shuffled to one side, away from the gunpowder smoke.

Qi Yan: “Let’s continue.”

Zhou Yilu: “Actually, I just thought of a way, which is the issue that Little Landmine brought up, how should we move about in the underground parking lot.”

Lin Dileei: “Quick, let’s hear it.”

Zhou Yilu: “When Qiao Siqi and I were in the Gewu building previously, we used a trick, which was to mask the scent of our bodies under the cover of dim light by placing a cardboard box that could hide our entire bodies and then move at a very slow speed, so that the zombies would have a hard time detecting it.”

Song Fei: “First, where would we even find such a large cardboard box, and if you were a zombie, with the sudden appearance of sixteen oversized cardboard boxes before you that meander forward a little bit at a time, wouldn’t you think it to be a magnificent sight, find it such a surprise, maybe even want to poke it and see. . .”

Zhou Yilu could find no rebuttal.

All the other comrades also fell silent, mixed feelings brewing in their hearts.

The imagery was so beautiful that they couldn’t help but want to rush over, tear the boxes open, and pummel it just by thinking about it.

Author’s Chapter Summary: Time is ticking by bit by bit in our wake, escape from thetiger’s mouthbefore day break!

The translator has something to say: everyone on the Wusheng class is childish enough to have them all be considered as toddlers, it’s just a matter of which of them are more responsible and which are the troublemakers. And as I expected, the trigger of the previous chapter was completely brushed off (OwO, I forgot to add a CW/TW, reminder if those feelings do assault you, contact someone. It doesn’t need to be a professional, as long as it’s someone you can talk to)

If anyone was curious about what the original lyrics were like courtesy of our Author-dada, well, here it is in all it’s glory—

“daydayyidayyidayday~~today又是saturday~~我们gopartyon网卡拉ok~~teacherteacher常常say~~goodgoodstudy~daydayup~~那些no是today的thing~~”

I shudder.

Alsobing-bong~Ten chapters left (not including the extras), I can’t believe that we’ve made it this far, thank you all for following this story thus far

And whoops, 1 day became like 3, sorry, I apologize for the irregular updates while I get my life back in order